Chapter 249 My disease is incurable, it’s late stage lung cancer; Mom, please let go
When the car drove into Dazhujia Village, there was a frozen river on the side.
Chen Mianmian looked outside the car and saw a huge figure squatting in front of the ice hole, with several children huddled around it like little mushrooms.
"Dazhu, what are you doing?"
Chen Mianmian got out of the car and called Dazhu, who turned his head and smiled foolishly.
"I dug a hole in the ice to catch some fish and make some soup for my mother. She had a cough all night last night."
Dazhu's words made Chen Mianmian feel heavy-hearted. It seemed that Zhang Guihua's illness was really not serious.
Chen Mianmian felt that she still had to send the person to the hospital for a check-up. Even if there was no way to cure the disease in the end, at least she could take some medicine to relieve the pain.
So she asked Dazhu to go home with her.
Dazhu was a little reluctant at first, as he had dug the ice hole with great difficulty, but when he saw Chen Mianmian coming by car, he was immediately happy because he had never driven a car before.
So he quickly ran up, but then he turned around and found a big rock to block the hole in the ice to prevent any children from falling in.
Only then did he feel at ease and ran to Chen Mianmian.
Dazhu followed Chen Mianmian's example, carefully opened the car door, got in, and looked at everything inside the car with curiosity.
But remembering what his mother said, that he shouldn't touch other people's things casually, he tried to curl up into a ball and lifted his feet up, for fear that they would be dirty from being stepped on by the car.
Even so, his eyes were full of novelty and excitement. He thought this car was really good and warm. If his mother could sit in this when going out, she wouldn't be afraid of the cold.
Chen Mianmian sat in the passenger seat, looked at Dazhu's excited expression through the rearview mirror, and sighed in her heart.
Every time she encounters such a situation, she gets a headache. She would rather quarrel with others than see such a bitter plot.
But since she has encountered this, she will help if she can, otherwise this mother and son will suffer even more!
When the car entered the village, many villagers came out to watch the excitement, and the children were running around in front and behind the car. Xia Feiluan could only slow the car down to a snail's pace and slowly drive to the destination.
When Dazhu and Chen Mianmian got out of the car, everyone exclaimed in surprise.
Oh, everyone heard that Dazhu's life became better after he hooked up with an officer. Now it seems to be true.
Look at this luxurious car, this girl is as pretty as a young girl who gives away money.
"Mom, I'm back, Comrade Chen is here too!"
Dazhu didn't notice the expressions of others and walked in shouting, with Chen Mianmian following behind him.
The yard is small but very clean, and all kinds of broken utensils are reluctant to be thrown away.
When she walked into the room, Chen Mianmian saw Zhang Guihua sitting up with a pile of clothes scattered on the kang.
Liu Ruolan had brought them all yesterday. She had already cut what was needed. Even Su Buyan's damaged military coat was patched up with fabric of similar color. The stitches were so fine that you couldn't tell unless you looked closely.
"Comrade Chen is here. Come and have a seat. I'm so sorry, but I don't have anything to treat you at home. I'll ask Dazhu to make you a bowl of egg wash."
Eggs are the most valuable thing in the house, and this is the highest standard of hospitality for Chen Mianmian.
Chen Mianmian did not refuse. When Dazhu went to collect firewood to boil water, she finally had the chance to talk to Zhang Guihua.
"Let me take you to the hospital. It's not good for you to be sick all the time."
Zhang Guihua was stunned for a moment when she heard this, then smiled and shook her head.
"My disease is incurable. I'm in the late stage of lung cancer," Zhang Guihua said calmly, "and the painkillers are no longer effective for me.
Now I live in pain every day, if I could die, it would be a relief."
She was diagnosed with lung cancer last year when she was coughing up blood, but her family was poor and had no money for treatment, so Zhang Guihua kept it a secret.
If you have money, let Dazhu go to the hospital to get some painkillers. If you don’t have money, just endure it.
If Zhang Guihua hadn't been so worried about her silly son, she probably wouldn't have lasted this long.
Seeing her state, Chen Mianmian, who was always eloquent, opened her mouth but said nothing.
Instead, it was Zhang Guihua who stretched out her skinny hand and held hers, tears welling up in her eyes at some point.
"Comrade Chen, please don't tell Dazhu about my illness. He may look silly, but he has a kind heart. If he knew I was going to die, he would be very sad.
My death is actually a good thing, because I can finally be reunited with my husband and son."
Although she said that, judging from Zhang Guihua's tears, she was still worried about Dazhu, the son she raised with her own hands.
Chen Mianmian looked at Zhang Guihua, who was thinking about her son until her death, and felt a little sad. She nodded regretfully.
As soon as he finished speaking, Dazhu walked in, boiled water, and made egg wash in one go.
"Comrade Chen, drink egg water!"
Dazhu held the bowl carefully, afraid that any of it would spill, as this thing was very precious.
Chen Mianmian took it, glanced at Zhang Guihua and smiled slightly.
"You taught him well."
When mentioning Dazhu, a look of kindness appeared on Zhang Guihua's grayish-green face.
"Yes, since I raised him, I have to teach him well. After all, he will have to walk on his own for the next few decades."
"Mom, where are you going? Why don't you come with me? Wherever you go, I will go..."
Upon hearing this, Dazhu quickly came to Zhang Guihua's side, hugged her arm and rubbed it, looking like a big Tibetan mastiff acting coquettishly.
Watching this heartwarming moment between mother and son, Chen Mianmian's eyes flashed with envy. She had never felt the love of her mother in her two lives.
"Bang, bang, bang! Oh no! Someone fell into the ice hole!"
Suddenly there was a noise outside. Chen Mianmian hurried out when she heard it. A child was wiping his nose and crying heartbreakingly.
"Er Gouzi was trying to catch fish, and he pushed the stone that was blocking the hole in the ice away, but he slipped and fell in.
Xiaosuotou went to help, but was also dragged in by him. You guys go and save him quickly!"
Upon hearing this, the adults cursed and hurried to the river.
In the room, Zhang Guihua heard the whole story and looked at Dazhu, who lowered his head and dared not speak, and slapped him in anger.
"Didn't I tell you not to dig holes in the ice by the river? What will you do if something happens to you?
Hurry up and save the people! You dug the hole in the ice, you have to save the people."
Zhang Guihua understands human nature too well. If the child is fine, everything is fine. But if the child is gone, Dazhu will not have a good ending either.
After hearing this, Dazhu nodded quickly and ran out. He was tall and had long legs, so one step he took was faster than two steps of others. In a short while, he was in the front.
Zhang Guihua was worried, so she took her military coat from the kang and forced herself to get up.
Chen Mianmian wanted her to wait at home, but Zhang Guihua shook her head.
"No, I have to go over and take a look to feel at ease."
Seeing that she really couldn't be persuaded, Chen Mianmian helped her into the car. The dead ghost was choked by the smell of Zhang Guihua and crawled under the seat cushion. The other wolf cubs used it as a cushion to play with.
When we got to the river, there were already quite a few people gathered there. Everyone was using tools to chip away at the ice so that the child could swim out.
But the child panicked and fell down. He was already shivering from the cold and almost suffered from hypothermia. He swam under the ice unknowingly and instinctively crawled around looking for an exit.
As soon as the adults dug a hole on this side, they swam to the other side.
"Oh my, he ran away again. I have no strength left. Come and replace him."
Everyone took turns, only Dazhu was working hard to chisel a piece of ice. When he had chiseled a hole in the ice big enough for him to get in, he stretched his body a little and jumped down.
There was a loud thud, making everyone turn their heads.
Dazhu was seen swimming hard towards the two children. Zhang Guihua saw this scene as soon as she got out of the car. Her legs went weak and she almost fainted.
"Big Pillar!!"
Zhang Guihua shed tears of worry. Others were worried about the two children, and she was also worried about her own child.
In such a cold day and with such low water temperature, even an adult like Dazhu might not be able to bear it.
Chen Mianmian looked at everyone's stunned expressions and yelled angrily.
"What are you still standing there for? Get back to digging the hole. Those of you standing there stupidly, go back and get clean blankets, towels, and warm water. You'll freeze to death by the time someone comes up."
The people who were in a mess all started to move when they heard that someone knew how to do it.
Those who take things take things, and those who dig holes dig holes.
On the blurry ice surface, you can vaguely see Dazhu swimming to a child and grabbing him, then quickly swimming to a nearby ice hole and throwing the person out.
He took a deep breath and sank again.
"Dazhu! My son!"
Zhang Guihua stood on the ice holding her military coat. The cold wind blew across her skinny body, as if blowing away all her vitality.
She stared at the ice surface, not wanting to miss any of the big pillars. If possible, she would have wanted to take their place herself.
There is limited oxygen under the ice, and the low temperature will accelerate the loss of physical strength and body temperature. Staying there for even one more second is a huge danger.
Everyone here was staring at Dazhu's movements and working hard to chip the ice. Over there, Chen Mianmian quickly stripped the child of his wet clothes and had someone wipe him dry with a clean blanket and towel.
Then apply warm water to the neck, armpits, groin and other areas where large arteries are located.
After a while, Xiaosuotou's face, which had turned blue from the cold, recovered and he cried and called for his mother tremblingly.
Seeing that the child was in much better condition, Chen Mianmian quickly asked Xiaosuotou's mother to wrap the child in a quilt, take him home and put him on the kang to warm him up and give him some ginger water.
"Hey, I'll take it back right away. Thank you, little comrade!"
Xiaosuotou's mother held the child and kept thanking Chen Mianmian.
"Shouldn't you thank Dazhu? Without him, your son would have become a water ghost."
Chen Mianmian frowned and turned to look at the ice. Why hasn’t he come out yet?
"Hurry, hurry, the baby is out."
At this moment, Dazhu lifted Ergouzi up. When Ergouzi was pulled out of the ice, there was no movement at all.
“No air!!”
Just as Chen Mianmian was about to go see Dazhu, she heard people around her shouting that the child had frozen to death.
In an instant, Ergouzi's parents started crying.
Everyone's attention was drawn to the child, and everyone forgot about Dazhu who was still in the water.
He had no strength left at this point and couldn't climb up no matter what he did. He even fell straight down to the ice.
"Dazhu, Dazhu, don't scare me, come up here quickly!"
Zhang Guihua ignored everything at this moment, rushed to the edge of the ice hole, and grabbed Dazhu's hand tightly.
Compared to Dazhu's physique, Zhang Guihua was as thin as a chicken, but she used all her strength to pull her son off the ice.
"Mom, hurry up, let go, it's time for me to drag you down..."
Dazhu struggled to stick his head out to breathe, and saw that it was Zhang Guihua who was holding him, so he quickly asked her to let go.
"No, you have to hold on. If you die, Mom will die with you. Hang in there, you'll be out soon!"
Zhang Guihua was about to be dragged off the ice by Dazhu at this moment, but she still did not let go. She even felt that it would be nice to die with Dazhu.
There is no need to worry about Dazhu suffering if he survives.
When Chen Mianmian stood up, he saw this scene, turned his head to look at the grieving villagers, raised his hand and fired a shot into the sky.
"Are you all fucking blind? Is there still someone inside that you don't want to save?
Hurry and pull him out! If anything happens to him, you will all be murderers!"
Chen Mianmian had a gloomy face and was holding a pistol, so the villagers were scared and rushed over to catch Dazhu.
As expected, there is strength in numbers, and Dazhu was quickly pulled out.
Someone imitated what Chen Mianmian had done just now and stripped Dazhu of his clothes. Zhang Guihua quickly put a military coat on him and held him tightly, her eyes filled with the joy of surviving a disaster.
"Mom, I'm fine, you, don't cry."
Dazhu comforted Zhang Guihua tremblingly, with his signature silly smile, which made the villagers' eyes sore.
Before Dazhu could ask the two children what happened, Ergou's parents rushed over and wanted to kill him.
"It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, my son wouldn't have died. Why did you dig a hole in the ice for no reason?"
Ergouzi's mother tried to attack Dazhu like crazy, but was pushed away by Chen Mianmian.
"Are you deaf? It was your son who moved the stone that blocked the ice hole himself. He sought death himself, and you blame the person who saved him.
As a parent, why didn't you jump in to save them when you were so heartbroken? Why are you so nagging and complaining now? Do you really think they have no one to back them up?"
After Chen Mianmian finished speaking, she was about to kick Ergouzi's mother into the ice hole.
When Ergouzi's father saw this, he quickly tried to grab Chen Mianmian, but was thrown to the ground by Xia Feiluan who came over.
If Chen Mianmian got injured under her nose, Xia Feiluan would have no chance of survival.
"Throw these two into the ice hole to cool down. I'll go save them."
After Chen Mianmian finished speaking, she walked towards the child who had stopped breathing.
Chen Mianmian quickly stripped off all his clothes, placed him on a clean blanket, and began cardiopulmonary resuscitation and artificial respiration.
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